"The No. 1 pick belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers, and they have five minutes to think about it."
Stern announced the ownership of the No. 1 pick.
These five minutes should be the fastest five minutes.
Because almost the whole world knows that the Clippers will take Griffin.
In fact, this was indeed the case. After a period of waiting, Stern returned to the stage and announced the ownership of the No. 1 pick.
"With the first pick in the first round of the NBA in 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Blake Griffin, a 2.08-meter power forward from the University of Oklahoma."
Griffin's table was in the center of the stage, and he was already prepared. After Stern finished reading, he stood up with a smile, hugged the people around him, then took the hat handed by the staff and walked briskly. Step onto the stage.
Everyone in the audience was applauding him.
This top pick is well deserved.
Xu Yong looked at Griffin shaking hands with Stern on the stage and taking a photo, and couldn't help but recall the scene when the two teams played against each other last year.
Griffin was impulsive and reckless at that time, but now he is labeled as mature in the draft.
This past year, he wasn't the only one making progress.
In the field of basketball, standing still is equivalent to regressing. Even if you enter the NBA, you cannot relax.
"The second pick belongs to the Memphis Grizzlies, and they have five minutes to think about it."
Stern immediately announced the ownership of the second pick.
Although there were rumors that the Grizzlies wanted to trade the second pick, it seems that they were not able to do so in the end.
Xu Yong also looked away at this time.
If there is no trade, the Grizzlies will most likely choose Thabeet.
In this era where big men are king, choosing an inside position can always be done without thinking.
As for himself, just wait for the Kings to select him with the fourth pick.
Just then, Schwartz came to the little green room.
Compared with players, agents are the really busy people on draft night. They will constantly be in contact with management teams interested in their companies.
"The latest news is that the Suns are 'out'." Schwartz said after sitting down.
Xu Yong looked at Schwartz doubtfully.
"The Wizards traded the fifth pick to other teams, and they also failed to win the Timberwolves' sixth pick. Although they are still trying to trade other picks, their hope is slim." Schwartz, as a top player The broker’s source is still accurate.
Xu Yong nodded upon hearing this.
Although it is different from what Cole said at the beginning, the Suns lineup is basically composed of veterans. The bargaining chip they can use should be Robin Lopez selected last year and the No. 14 pick this year, but Lopez scored 3+ points in his rookie season. The data of 2 has not been released yet. If the Wizards receive a better offer, it would be normal to regret it.
And if he remembered correctly, in this year in history, the Wizards sent the fifth pick to the Timberwolves in exchange for Randy Foye and Mike Miller, and also cleared out several junk contracts.
Just then, Stern walked out for the second time.
"The second overall pick in the first round of the NBA in 2009, the Memphis Grizzlies selected...Xu Yong, a 2.03 meter small forward, from China!"
Stern was also stunned for a moment, and after seeing clearly, he announced in a more serious tone.
"..."
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"Um?"
When Stern announced the result, the fans at the scene were inexplicably silent.
The players in the little green room all started to raise question marks over their heads, especially Thabeet, who was ready to get up, even showed his O'Neal question mark face.
Xu Yong also looked up when he heard his name, and was caught off guard.
The Grizzlies drafted him?
He became the second best?
what's the situation?
Schwartz was also stunned.
Because the Grizzlies never sent Xu Yong a trial invitation at all, and there was no news from all the channels he knew that the Grizzlies would choose Xu Yong.
This is really an accident. The mother opened the door to accident, and arrived home unexpectedly.
But before he could react, Xu Yong had already stood up.
He smiled and hugged his parents, then fist bumped with Cai Xiao, who was blushing. Finally, he took the Grizzlies hat from the staff and walked towards the stage with a calm expression.
Schwartz turned around at this time, looking at Xu Yong's reaction and feeling inexplicably absent-minded.
He couldn't guess how Xu Yong was feeling at the moment. Should he be excited about being ranked second? You know, this is second place!
Or should we be disappointed that we didn’t go where we wanted to go? You know, that place in Memphis is more of a "rookie graveyard" than the Kings.
But what he could see was Xu Yong's calmness.
Is this really a young man who is just twenty years old?
Xu Yong's position was very close to the stage, and he was basically on stage in three or two steps.
When he took the stage, the originally silent scene suddenly fell into a commotion.
Immediately afterwards, there were boos from the Grizzlies fans in attendance.
There is no doubt that Xu Yong's second season in the NCAA was successful, especially his performance in the Final Four was amazing.
But does he deserve to be ranked second?
Even choosing James Harden is better than choosing Xu Yong!
After all, Xu Yong is only the second in command at Arizona State University!
And the boos soon spread.
That was the Kings, Knicks and other teams that originally had a chance to acquire Xu Yong.
Now that Xu Yong was elected away, they couldn't get it, so they naturally started to boo.
In the face of these boos, Xu Yong behaved calmly.
In fact, he was relatively calm at the moment.
Although this result was completely beyond his expectation, the Grizzlies are also a rebuilding team and it suits him.
So this result is not bad.
As for these reactions from fans, isn’t that a good thing?
If your idol can use the media’s doubts as motivation for improvement, wouldn’t the fans’ boos be the best motivation for you?
He walked up to Stern and shook his hand.
"Very special clothes." Stern smiled like a kind grandfather.
Xu Yong's second pick was only one pick lower than Yao Ming back then.
And with such a high lottery pick, Xu Yong sets an extremely high example for Chinese players.
"Thank you." Xu Yong responded gracefully, then half-turned around to take a photo with Stern.
Although the boos have not stopped, the spotlights in the audience have been flashing.
This is the biggest surprise in this year's draft, and of course the biggest news.
And Xu Yong’s Tang suit is so unique.
After the group photo was taken, Xu Yong walked off the stage from the other side, where there was already a beautiful reporter waiting to interview him.
"Congratulations, Xu, you have become the highest-ranked Chinese player after Yao. How do you feel now?"
"I'm very excited. Being selected with the second overall pick is an affirmation of my hard work over the past many years." Xu Yong replied with a smile.
"Did you ever think you would be selected with this pick?" the reporter then asked.
"No, I have not tried out for the Grizzlies, but that won't be a problem. I will work hard to prove that the team made the right choice." Xu Yong's answer was outstandingly calm and calm.
"Then do you know much about the Grizzlies?" The reporter wanted to ask him for some more exciting news.
"Yes, I know the Grizzlies were in Vancouver and then moved to Memphis. They were a young but energetic team that had made it to the playoffs many times before under the leadership of Pau Gasol. , I am very excited to join such a team full of future." Xu Yong said with a smile.
The Grizzlies are rebuilding, and he remembered correctly that the black and white duo of Marc Gasol and Randolph will go this season, so the opportunity is there and the future is promising.
While Xu Yong was being interviewed by reporters, Schwartz's cell phone rang.
He answered the phone with a shocked look on his face.
After hanging up the phone, he didn't care about the situation at the scene and walked quickly towards Xu Yong.
